You sweet girl. Thanks for your service. You all made my cruise the best! If you ever get discouraged, please remember you are providing a tremendous service to many hard-working civilians. You are wonderful. :)
Yup.. Crew Member from NORWEGIAN right here 🙌🏽.. We sleep 💤 And if we’ve already been to a certain port over and over then we either stay in or just hit the Gym 💪🏽
@@ericabelcher8760 well I work in concession department (like in the shops on board) so we have to share cabins as 2 crew members, sea days work hours 9am - 11pm. Of course breaks are included - on port days shop close until the evening once are sailing again
Just found your channel. Very interesting. I am so thankful for all the staff that work so hard to make cruising simply wonderful. Can't wait for when we can finally get back to cruising. I've only been on one (Alaska 2019) and now I am hooked. Have a glorious day,
LUCY U are AMAZING, very clear and exactly the type of videos I needed to watch to decide whether to join Virgin Voyages or not, but I am still undecisive, SUCH A HARD DECISION! Thank you and all the best to you, greetings from Argentina!!
I give them credit. the staff was working like 10 or 12 hour days every day for six months. The ones I talked to said basically they dont leave the ship.
Being on a cruise ship sounds a lot easier than being on an aircraft carrier. My daughter signed a 6year contract with the U.S. Navy and she gets to come home once a year.
Best way I've ever heard carrier life described, is like living directly under a roller coaster, that doesn't stop running. The whole ship is moving, from the ocean waves and the planes launching and recovering. It is louder then any civilian could ever understand, and even though its a huge ship, privacy is virtually nonexistent. So I have to chuckle when I watch cruise ship stories, because even being a staff member on a cruise ship is luxurious compared to Navy life!
This is not a competition who doesn't see their parents for longer. She volunteered. I didn't see my mum for 10 years and I wasn't even in the army or anything like that bahahahaah Army pays for Your food and accomodation. You should tell her to find the job abroad and live in a different country, learn a new language and pay the rent and all the bills plus the education herself bahahahahahaha Being home once a year is nothing special.
Yep so true. Just one thing, delivery days for shops can be almost every second or third cruise and take all day. then u ran for a shower and then stand the drill after running to the crew mess as the only chance to eat for the rest of the day and then open a store with a smile and the counting things like alcohol sigs or cosmetics after 11pm if it was busy at the shop till last minute what happens and then you need to arrange promos for the next day. so it happens often we finished midnight and u start sea day 9... it was really challenging. Naps are just really what u have to have if u are on a break in the long sea day cause u physically need them to survive. But how the hell important to be with a great team! Absolutely it is all about good teamwork. and the half of them is your second family u just miss a lot for years and years and good our days u can stay in touch a while on the social network but u just keep missing them all... Thank you Lucy for so nice videos. U put me in so many memories!
Your videos about cruise are helpful because you explain topics in seperate videos which give us a better understanding rather than explaining everything fast in just one video. Can you do a video quick about enquires about working like shops,galleries etc also how mucn money you earn because its not only about seeing the worls,its also about to safe something at the end haha. I know it depends where u work what section,but aproximately if its possible. thanks
Lucy, as a domiciliary care worker, I go home for lunch after my midday call. I opt out teatime calls so that I can rest from early morning start. Though my agency makes me cover mid or late pm to cover absent colleagues occasionally, I make sure I have early supper before I return to my evening calls which can be a later finish. But when I cruise, I have no time for a nap because I don’t want to miss out anything such as a dance class or afternoon tea. June of London
I am 60 and worked in tourism my whole life , but just now accepted a job in a 6 month contract. I have spent 10 years as a flight attendant, 20 years as a tour manager and now starting an exciting new chapter in my life
Hello! Just found your channel and already loved it! I'll start my first contract in a month as a Media Manager and couldn't find much about on RU-vid...😢 I have a question: can you tell me how apply to work in shops? Many thanks!
Hi - found your channel a few days ago - love your videos. Such good insight. I worked in a club hotel before ( entertainment department) which seems to be pretty similar- like a stationary cruise ship 😅 Do you know anything about people’s times and salaries in the fitness/ gym department? Doing personal training or group classes and such things. Is it similar/ the same as spa?
Hi.im in the casino department.we work not at evening-we work when ship is IN THE INTERNATIONAL WATERS!!and working hours are not how young people are-its how much they are betting!! We had 1 old guy playing until 5 am just because his bets were high steak 😉
Hi! I am considering to apply as a dealer on a cruise. And trying to find out how it works. So working hours on sea are full days till late in te evening and when ship is at port, you are free? For how many days/hours is this mostly?
If you work everyday then is fair to say if you're a newbie that you won't be able to see any destination in the beginning until you accumulated those free hours/days?
It sucks:) I worked for a different company but basically you start at 6:30am for breakfast, then you have maybe one hour break before the lunch. After lunch you can get maybe 4 hours break (but often there are special events you get assigned to, so you can forget this break as well), then you work dinner and often make it to the cabin around 11pm. People usually manage to go sleep after 12 and then rise again before 6 and this repeats every day (you may get one day off a month depending on where you work). Of course, you just sleep during the 4 hours break because it's impossible to get enough sleep at night. I think nobody works more on the cruise ships than servers. It's absolutely exhausting mentally and physically and no pay in the world is worth it.
@@Busha69 pretty neat compared to my on-shore job lol. Two weeks ago I made 19h straight with 20 minutes brakes for lunch and dinner. Left the restaurant 3am just to be back at 10am living 3+ hours away from work. Got home, took a bath and headed back to work. Would be nice to have 6h of sleep.
@@simeonhaha that 19h shift was a single event, but I was working 12h+ hours almost everyday. I quitted that job tho, the pay just wasn't enough for what I had to do. Now I'm getting ready to get aboard at MSC.
We were in Miami and one of the gust got sick before sailing. We were three hours late leaving after dark. All the employees were coming out to take pictures of the Miami background.
I just encountered your channel. You don’t mention the stateroom attendants. I feel like they hardly have any time off. Also, you’re a little confusing when you say that jobs like shops and the casino always have the daytime off. That only happens on port days. On sea days they work longer hours.
I talked to some people on Royal. I was told that as far as Royal goes, you must have experience in the field you are going into. For example, if you are going to work in the dining room, you need dining experience. Housekeeping, shops, same thing. They don't take people that need to be trained from scratch like someone just out of high school.
I was considering applying for Guest Services for Royal Caribbean, but now I'm thinking they may get extra long hours and barely any time at port. Is that true?
Hi. Do hair stylist on a cruise ship have a basic salary? Or it is per commission only? Like no commission, no salary? I hope someone can answer my question here. Thank you!
Wow I thought Amazon was bad. Folks are working 7 days for 14 hours straight on many cruise lines. No time to enjoy your vacation locations at all. What’s the point of wanted a traveling job?
Honestly I was wondering the same. But for someone like me who’s NEVER traveled or seen any of the world it’s worth it. I’ve applied for a night audit position on explora journeys and hoping I get the job. I’d work for 7-8 hours or so at night, sleep for 6-7 hours in the day and then enjoy the port city for a day etc get to see the world while making money. It’s basically the opposite of paying for a little 5-7 day cruise. They pay u to work instead lol
Hlo mam I'm big fan of u expisclly urs English was 🤐🤐and can I have small favour mam how to join cruise line can u please guide me which one I have choose.....
@@yazminaustin7073 hi. It rely depends. I'm finishing my first contract. The medical opening hours are form 8 to 11 and 4 to 7 pm but there's is a loto more word to do. It depends on your team and how busy the cruise is. Now with all the covid regulations we have a lot of work load.
